---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish nonresident hound handler license for those hunting mt lions"
description: "Establish nonresident hound handler license for those hunting mt lions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Montana HB 311 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerry White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a24216f-2481-45a9-b26a-479e44f2f56b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=311&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "276b57bda1cf4f33d3382d2ff7996735fb3e2b6f04d0f630869a4c173a938891"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 311 (2019) — Establish nonresident hound handler license for those hunting mt lions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0311_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0311_1.pdf)
2. **HB0311_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0311_2.pdf)
3. **HB0311_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0311_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0311.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerry White — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-06** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-03** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-17** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-23** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House
- **2019-04-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a24216f-2481-45a9-b26a-479e44f2f56b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).